
IRC Chat Log, January 15, 1998
| JonathanA | Everyone doing well?
| kay | y, thank you, and you?
| JonathanA | in a great state!
| kay | Florida. no ice. no snow.
| JonathanA | a little hyper, perhaps -- did kewl things today
| kay | tell us?
| JonathanA | Florida is a grate state too... we have that aquafer thing going for us
| kay | wotsa aquafer?
| JonathanA | well, I'll talk about the other stuff another time. Just wanted to kinda ease into this... I'd like to get started by talking about how and why we use metaprograms. And we do use them, ALL the time, without knowing about it, and we also have our own metaprograms. Basically, lets start from the basics: The Map is Not the Territory! So our internal representations are different from reality, and we make internal representations based on our sensing of whats happening. Using the 5 senses.
| kay | gotcha
| JonathanA | And we generalize, distort, and delete from information coming in, so as to create these really weird skewed incomplete maps... AND YET... we're always doing the best we can. Well, you hear in traditional psychological theories... "we have complexes over things." a complex is a set of associations... or whatever gobbledygook... but basically we have internal patterns and frameworks within which we understand the world. We look for patterns. Your brain... you're unconscious.. mind... is a pattern-seeker! k? Everyone with me?
| Dan_26 | gotcha
| kay | y
| JonathanA | others here?
| Ollie_ | Yep - not unconscious yet ;)
| JonathanA | glen_ster | ok
| kay | whoops.. my unconscious just tried to sneak out...
| JonathanA | ;) alrighty then! ;) So we have these internal frameworks and filters through which we receive, structure, and then feed information. now. One of the ways or methods that NLP'ers have for understanding other people far more effectively, is to learn how to perceive, understand, and provide information back to... other people's metaprograms. And there are a lot of metaprograms to consider! Each one is like a filter. Here are some examples. And as you consider others, I want you to list them here! Introverted vs. Extroverted. Sameness vs Difference.
| kay | detail vs. big picture?
| JonathanA | Chunk Size
| kay | ok
| JonathanA | kay -- same as chunk size ;) good point!
| Dan_26 | can we take a step back for a moment and define metaprogram?
| kay | towards or away?
| JonathanA | Sure Dan, thanks for asking. Meta Program is a general term for people's internal filters/frameworks for understanding their own reality. To gain rapport with others, you look for and learn how other people filter information, and provide information to them using their filtering methodologies (MetaPrograms). Example: Chunk Size! Some people love to talk about the details -- and you can't shut 'em up!
| kay | oh, click! Shelle Rose Charvet calls them "traits"!
| JonathanA | Some people don't talk a lot, and they just talk in generalities. Kewl
| Ollie_ | Is "towards or away" one? (i.e., pursuance vs. avoidance?)
| JonathanA | Well, you won't get rapport with a tiny-chunk detail sorter by describing the big picture. Yes Ollie, Towards or AwayFrom is a good pair. Heirarchy of Criteria is another. One MetaProgram is PRIMARY SENSORY SYSTEM! People say "he's so Visual." ;)
| Ollie_ | (Kay suggested it... don't want to take the credit from her)
| JonathanA | ;)
| kay | shucks
| JonathanA | Others might love to get into talking about "FEELINGS." Like, so can you *see* what I mean? No, I *feel* a little confused by that.
| Dan_26 | safe to say a given metaprogram may differ among different contexts then (?)
| JonathanA | Introversion/Extroversion is like Attention to Self/Others. Absolutely, Dan. Sure.
| Ollie_ | logical vs. intuitive?
| JonathanA | Another NLP Tenet: Behavior Goes To Context. All behaviors have "some" purpose in "some" settings. So we do change behaviors in different settings, and thats natural. Yes Ollie, thats a good one... and also Convincer Strategy (Channel/Mode). Stress Response (Choice/Feelings/Thinking). Modal Operators!!! I love that one. I think working with Modal Operators is one of the most powerful tools of influence around!
| Ollie_ | Why is it that rep. systems seem to be given more emphasis than other metaprograms?
| JonathanA | Because its the easiest for people to pick up. ;) ...And then use effectively with a minimum of practice and integration.
| Dan_26 | well, let's discuss that one :)
| JonathanA | Lets get a round of responses...
| kay | we pick up the rep systems by using our rep systems...
| JonathanA | My preference is always to go for what we dont do well yet, but we can start with the easy one...
| Dan_26 | my experience consciously appears to be limited to modalities, so i'm open for any
| Ollie_ | I've read tons on rep systems, but I don't know how much other people here know about them
| JonathanA | other opinions?
| glen_ster | i prefer moving from familiar to unfamiliar
| kay | i'm easy... so to speak
| Ollie_ | ISTM the importance of the other metaprograms is under-represented
| JonathanA | I agree Ollie, I think there's far too little out there. Hmmmm (an idea sparks) big grin
| kay | yea?
| JonathanA | ...is grinning a big toothy grin
| Player | ...mirrors Jonathan's grin
| JonathanA | OK well, lets cover the rep systems one briefly and move on to others quick as everyone's comfortable.
| Ollie_ | Don't keep us in suspenders
| kay | kay is grinning but she can't type purple {editor's note; purple is an IRC chat artifact of "actions"}
| JonathanA | Player, up for an example with me?
| Player | sure
| JonathanA | OK. Player, mirror my rep-system metaprogs during this conversation -- I'll lead, you pace. K?
| Player | k
| JonathanA | I was out driving today, heading south on 275 from Tampa to St. Petersburg, and I looked out around the road and I saw the conditions were nasty! Rain everywhere, limited visibility, grey fog, just grossness. I was trying to picture a nice day, and it improved my focus, but I couldn't get the ideal perspective in mind. See here, I dunno, I enjoyed myself anyway.
| Player | I see your predicament. You just didnt see it... If you look for things to enjoy you can usually see them right in front of you
| greyhound | I'm not grasping any of what you are trying to get across to me
| JonathanA | ;) grey hang on just a bit we're demonstrating something (rapport first)
| kallee | grey hound:you don't see it?
| greyhound | :P
| Ollie_ | greyhound, I feel you may be approaching it from the wrong angle
| Dan_26 | isn't it amazing how sometimes it seems so easy now to feel with your eyes greyhound?
| greyhound | Its just not clicking
| JonathanA | ok so I guess I got into a better state and I found my breathing slowing down a bit as I remembered a really relaxing time... and even though I had a bit of a shoulder cramp it wasn't bad, and I'd just eaten so my gut was happy ;)
| Ollie_ | :)
| greyhound | feel with my eyes? shiver
| JonathanA | (funny)
| greyhound | hrrmmnnn
| JonathanA | It felt nice
| kay | grey Jonathans trying to hold on to a really nice day,
| greyhound | :)
| kay | and it slips out of his hand, all wet
| Player | Feels good to relax
| JonathanA | But then, I heard a noise behind and to the left, sirens...
| greyhound | oh, was it warm and calm outside?
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